Float valve



July 8 1924. 1,500,784

H. WIGZELI.

FLOAT VALVE Filed Sept. 8, 1923 K atto: [111 D STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HUBERT WIGZELL, F MARATHON, TEXAS.

FLOAT VALVE.

Application filed September 8, 1923.

To all LU/wm t may concern:

Be it known that I, I-IUBERTKIIGZELL, a citizen of the United States, residing at Marathon, in the county of Brewster and State of Texas, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Float Valves, of which the following is a specification.

The present invention relates to float valves for tanks and particularly water troughs and has for its principal object to provide means whereby the valve will become closed should the Hoat become out of order or disconnected from the valve mechanism.

Another important object of the invention is to provide a float valve of this nature provided with a simple and efficient construction, one which is reliable in operation, comparatively inexpensive to manufacture, durable and well adapted to the purpose for which it is designed.

With the above and numerous other objects in View, as will appear as the description progresses, the invention resides in certain novel features of construction, and in the combination and arrangement of parts as will be hereinafter more fully described and claimed.

In the drawing:

Figure 1 is an elevation of the valve embodying my invention showing a portion thereof in section, and

Figure 2 is a top plan view thereof.

Referring to the drawing in detail, it will be seen that the body 1 of the valve is cylindrical in formation being provided at one end with a threaded portion 2 so that it may be engaged lwith a water supply pipe leading into a tank or trough. Intermediate the ends of the body 1 preferably adjacent end 2 there is provided a partiti-on 3 having a central opening or aperture 4;. An enlarged block-like structure 5 is provided on one end of the body 1 and a pair of standards 6 project upwardly therefrom. The upper end of one of the standards 6 is bifurcated as at 7 and a float control lever 8 is fulcrumed in this bifurcated portion 7. This lever 8 is of the usual construction being provided with a float (not shown) on its end such as is commonly used in similar or separated from the lever that this lever Serial No. 661,704.

devices of this nature. A rod 9 is connected to the end of the lever 8 over the body 1 and supports a valve 10 adapted to close over f the upper end of the body 1. lThis valve 10 is provided with extensions 11 having apertures therein for receiving the standards 6 which act as sides for the valve. A stem 12 projects downwardly from the valve stem through the body 1 of the casing and terminates below the partition 2, passing through its opening 4L and a valve 13, is disposed thereon. It will be seen that should the float on the end of the lever 8 become inoperative would tend to operate the valve 13 to a closed position, as would also the force of the water from the supply pipe. In this way it would not be possible for the tank to become overliowed and cause a great waste of water as is the case with the valves now commonly in use.

rAlthough I have described my invention with a certain degree of particularity, it is to be understood that numerous changes in the details of construction and in the coinbination and arrangement of parts may be resorted to without' departing from the spirit or scope of the invention as hereinafter claimed.

Having thus described my invention what I claim as new is:

1. A valve of the class described including a casing` a valve proper associated with one end of the casing, said valve proper including apertured wings, guide posts eX- tending from the casing and penetrating the apertured wings, one of said guide posts being provided with a bifurcated end, a float controlled lever fulcrumed in the bifurcated end of one of said posts, and a link connecting the adjacent end of said lever-to said valve proper.

2. A valve of the class described including a casing, a valve proper associated with one end of the casing.l said valve proper including apertured wings, guide posts eX- tending from the casing and penetrating the apertured wings, one of said guide postsbeing provided with a bifurcated end. a float controlled lever fulcrumed in the bifurcated end of one of said posts, and a link connecting the adjacent end. of s aid lever to said.` In testimony whereof I aHX my signature valve proper, sind casmg belng provlded Wlth 1n presence of two Wltnesses. an 111te11ned1ate1y controlled mterlor part1- tion having an opening, a valve proper asso- HUBERT VIGZELL' 5 cated With said partition, kand a link con- Vitnesses:

nectng the two aforementioned valves FRED CLARK,

proper. n JNO. A. MARSHALL. 

